{"id":142358,"date":"2015-08-11T06:50:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142358"},"modified":"2015-08-11T06:50:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:50:06","slug":"yaya-toure-silva-inspire-man-city-to-emphatic-win-over-west-brom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/yaya-toure-silva-inspire-man-city-to-emphatic-win-over-west-brom\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaya Toure, Silva inspire Man City to emphatic win over West Brom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City got their Premier League campaign underway in style after David Silva inspired them to a resounding 3-0 victory over West Brom at the Hawthorns.<\/p>\n<p>Silva was instrumental throughout, and will claim the visitors\u2019 opener when he deflected Yaya Toure\u2019s effort past a stranded Boaz Myhill after nine minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SterLam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47331\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SterLam.jpg\" alt=\"SterLam\" width=\"574\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toure emphatically doubled City\u2019s lead halfway through the first half, before Rickie Lambert and Saido Berahino went close to halving the defecit for the Baggies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GOAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47326\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GOAL.jpg\" alt=\"GOAL\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>City captain Vincent Kompany headed in a fine third to make sure of the points after the break, duly sending City top of the infant Premier League table on goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>Baggies manager Tony Pulis adopted a bold formation from the outset considering the calibre\u00a0of the opponents, with both Berahino and new signing Lambert starting up front.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GOAL5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47327\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/GOAL5.jpg\" alt=\"GOAL5\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the visitors soon began to unpick those tactics, and they took the lead in bizarre circumstances inside ten minutes when Silva got the faintest touch to Toure\u2019s weak effort before it trickled over the line.<\/p>\n<p>If the first goal was scrappy, City\u2019s second was delicious. Toure, who showed\u00a0glimpses of the form that saw him fire 20 goals in the 2013\/2014 season, exchanged passes with Wilfried Bonybefore caressing the ball into the top corner from 20 yards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kompany.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47329\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kompany.jpg\" alt=\"Kompany\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a349m Debutant Raheem Sterling could have had a third before the break but shot feebly at Myhill, before Berahino had an effort correctly disallowed for offside.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts began the second half far more positively and went close twice through Lambert and Berahino again, but Kompany\u2019s superb header from from Silva\u2019s corner just before the hour mark quashed any thoughts of a comeback.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kompany2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47330\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Kompany2.jpg\" alt=\"Kompany2\" width=\"574\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>City boss Manuel Pellegrini will be encouraged by the clinical manner of his side&#8217;s\u00a0display, particularly with title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal dropping points on the opening weekend and Jose Mourinho\u2019s champions up next at the Etihad on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Talksport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City got their Premier League campaign underway in style after David Silva inspired them to a resounding 3-0 victory over West Brom at the Hawthorns. 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